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Where to buy Internet IP addresses
- Subject: Where to buy Internet IP addresses
- From: trejrco at gmail.com (TJ)
- Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:44:45 -0400
- In-reply-to: <1241620262.8158.187.camel@karl>
- References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <1241570363.8158.81.camel@karl> <[email protected]> <1241620262.8158.187.camel@karl>
>-----Original Message-----
>> > > "stateless" with "constant" and "consistent". SLAAC doesn't need
>> > > to generate the exact same address everytime the system is started.
>> >
>> > No - but it is *phenomenally useful* if it does. Changing addresses
>> > is only ever something you want in very specific circumstances.
>>
>> You'll love RFC 4941 as implemented by Windows Vista and later.
>
>The fact that MS chose to use that as the default with Vista is odd, and I
>think a bad choice, but RFC4941 is not a bad thing in itself. It is an
>alternative that makes good sense in some contexts - but not, I think, in
most
>contexts.
>
While I was initially inclined to agree, operating this way does allow some
interesting capabilities - and I would be very interested in hearing from
someone @MS as to their thinking behind this decision.
/TJ